The Spirit of Life
A Universal Affirmation
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The Spirit of Life: A Universal Affirmation
Moltmann, "the foremost Protestant theologian in the world"
(Church Times), brings his characteristic and audacity to this
traditional topic and cuts to the heart of the matter with a simple
identification: What we experience every day as the spirit of life is
the spirit of God. Such considerations give Moltmann's treatment of
the different aspects of life in the Spirit a verve and vitality that
are concrete and existential.
Veteran readers will find here a rich and subtle extension of Moltmann's trinitarian and christological works, even as he makes bold use of key insights from feminist and ecological theologies, from recent attention to embodiment, and from charismatic movements. Newcomers will find a fascinating entree into the heart of his work: the transformative potential of the future.
Veteran readers will find here a rich and subtle extension of Moltmann's trinitarian and christological works, even as he makes bold use of key insights from feminist and ecological theologies, from recent attention to embodiment, and from charismatic movements. Newcomers will find a fascinating entree into the heart of his work: the transformative potential of the future.
- Publisher Fortress Press
- Format Paperback
- ISBN 9780800634247
- Dimensions 5.5 x 8.5
- Pages 380
- Publication Date May 11, 2001
Endorsements
"Moltmann develops a theology of the Holy Spirit that links the Christian community's experience of the Spirit to the sanctification and liberation of life. He brilliantly displays the ecological and political significance of Christian belief in the Trinity."
— Francis Schüssler Fiorenza, Harvard Divinity School
— Francis Schüssler Fiorenza, Harvard Divinity School
Reviews
"Moltmann ... offers a rich and subtle extension of his trinitarian and christological thought, making bold use of key insights from feminist and ecological theologies, and from recent charismatic movements and a stress on embodiment. ... With his emphatic insistence on the Spirit, Moltmann's clear call to conscience as the one indispensable element for human survival is essential reading for our times and highly recommended for Christians and other truth seekers in search of an enhanced and motivational understanding of spirituality within the context of a contemporary and secular world."
—reviewed in "Internet Bookwatch" (May 2001) published by the Midwest Book Review
—reviewed in "Internet Bookwatch" (May 2001) published by the Midwest Book Review
Table of Contents
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Preface
- The Ecumenical and Pentecostal Invitation to the Fellowship of the Holy Spirit
- Overcoming the False Alternative between Divine Revelation and Human Experience of the Holy Spirit
- The Discovery of the Cosmic Breadth of the Divine Spirit
- The Question about the Personhood of the Holy Spirit
Abbreviations
Translator's Note
Introduction: Approaches in Pneumatalogy Today
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PART ONE: EXPERIENCES OF THE SPIRIT
- Experience of Life—Experience of God
- Historical Experience of the Spirit
- Trinitarian Experience of the Spirit
PART TWO: LIFE IN THE SPIRIT
- The Spirit of Life
- The Liberation for Life
- The Justification of Life
- The Rebirth to Life
- The Sanctification of Life
- The Charismatic Powers of Life
- Theology of Mystical Experience
PART THREE: THE FELLOWSHIP AND PERSON OF THE SPIRIT
- The Fellowship of the Spirit
- The Personhood of the Spirit
Veni Creator Spiritus
Notes
Index of Names
Index of Confessions, Creeds and other Documents
Index of Biblical References